Black Turtle Dive

Amazing Diving School! I went to Koh Tao to do some fun dives and thought about doing a rescue course. After the fun dive I decided to do the course - the staff, the boat and the people at Black Turtle are amazing and very professional. I can really recommend the course as well as the fun diving trips. Thank you to Burak who is a great instructor and also Carrie, you both did a great job. We were a group two only, so it was very personalized and not a big group. Thank you and hope to see you again :)

Diving at Black Turtle has been an amazing experience. I did my advanced open water course with them and had access to new, clean equipment, knowledgeable instructors (thanks Instructor Lily!), the newest boat on Koh Tao, and a friendly community. Diving was fun but also felt that safety was a top priority for everyone working there. I had an amazing time and a lot of it is because of the team at Black Turtle. Local conveniences also include Ananda Villa (clean, lovely hotel with reasonably priced laundry, motorcycle rental, and sweet staff) and Breeze (great outdoor restaurant/cafe great for everything from WFH to happy hour sunset beers). Highly recommended!

Had the most amazing time learning how to dive here. I enjoyed the open water course so much that I extended my trip in Koh Tao to be able to do the advanced course. All the equipment was provided and was new and clean. All the instructors were super friendly, and made me feel very welcome over the 5 days that I spent with them. A special thank you to Fazzi, who was incredibly patient with us while we were learning in the pool, and very knowledgeable of the dive sites and the wildlife once we got out in the open water. I cannot recommend black turtle dive highly enough and I will be most certainly returning.

I did my Open Water Diver, my Advanced Open Water Diver and some Fundives with Black Turtle. It was an amazing experience! Our Instructor was very patient. He accepted our personal struggles and helped us through it in a way that built up confidence. In general, the whole school is working very professional and well organized. The boat dock is only a few meters away. The boat itself is really nice and big, with toilets, showers and snacks, including fresh fruit when you get out of the water after the first dive. There is also a Restaurant and accommodation belonging to the dive school. The price for accommodation is not included, but you get a discount. The pool where we did our skills was very nice and part of a quite luxurious Resort. The Black Turtle Dive staff is kind and seems to be a big family all with the same passion. When you are open minded you can get integrated quickly and of course have a lot of fun!! The only negative aspect was maybe, that sometimes the time shedule can get pretty rough on the boat, when you still have to do skills for your certificate that you didn't complete in the pool yet, switch tanks, join the briefings etc... But this gets better, especially in the Advanced Open Water course! All in all I had a wonderful time that I don't want to miss. Thank you!!!

Black Turtle Dive is well located, has really good equipments and a spotless boat. The entire process for booking a course/dive from inquiry to checking in was really easy and smooth. We did our open water with Lucas a few years back and now we have just completed our rescue diver course with him. Lukas is very meticulous in training exercises and theories and manages the course really well. the class is challenging (with extra simulations for rescues) yet fun and rewarding at the same time. if anyone wants to do anything with diving in general going with BTD and Lucas is highly recommended!

I had a wonderful experience at black Turtle dive. All the instructor are very knowledgeable and professional. They have small group so they can give you all the required attention for the students to learn properly. Would recommend, and I will definitely do my advanced open water certification here the next time I come !

I took the Open Water Dive lesson alone but the team and environment there never made me feel alone. All of the team are super friendly from the restaurant staff to Divemaster, Sue, Tom, Jay, and even the owner Matt who always checks on the customer. Before booking the course I check with many companies but only this place made me feel my safety is the priority. If you can't swim they will teach you to swim not just say that the equipment will make you float. Shout out to Black Turtle Dive and hope to see you again for the Advanced Course!

As a beginner, I took my PADI Open Water course and thoroughly enjoyed it and the dive boat was amazing with refreshments, very clean and lots of space. All the staff were very helpful and the instructor was very patient, understanding and communicated what I had to do very well. I always felt safe underwater and and I will come back to take my Advanced course when I have the time. I highly recommend this dive school and now understand why they have so many 5 star reviews.

The best diving school in Koh Tao! I've did Open Water and Advanced Open Water with Black Turtle Dive. Very good school, very good teachers, very helpful staff, very good equipment(they gave us diving computers and compasses, etc), and the best diving boat on the island! Everything went very smooth. Thank you to my instructors Matt, Carey Nash, Burak Değirmenci, Alina! And special thanks to Carlos for telling me about the school, and for being there all the steps through!! The diving experience wouldn't have been the same without you all! I've had the best time with Black Turtle Dive! I totally recommend!

Black Turtle made my 10 and 13 year olds become Padi Open Water Divers in just three days! At the same time my 16 year old took the Advanced Open Water! Extremely customer oriented staff, fixing everything all day long, we really appreciate that! They’ve got to the best diving boat and deck hands In Koh Tao! A big thanks to all the divemasters and crew that helped us along (Especially Kristian, Tim and Bow). We’ll surely pop by the next time we’re on the island, and I recommend everyone else do that too!🤙🏻🤙🏻